In-Demand Jobs in Ontario (2025-2027 Outlook)

Very good outlook: 9 occupations
Good outlook: 73 occupations
Regulated occupations: 112 on this list, in Ontario

Occupations by job outlook in Ontario

Ranked by Job Bank’s 3-year outlook, then by median wage.

What TEER means

TEER (training, education, experience and responsibilities) is how the National Occupational Classification groups jobs:

TEER 0: management occupations.
TEER 1: usually a university degree.
TEER 2: usually a college diploma or apprenticeship training of 2 or more years, or supervisory occupations.
TEER 3: usually a college diploma or apprenticeship training of less than 2 years, or more than 6 months of on-the-job training.
TEER 4: usually a high school diploma or several weeks of on-the-job training.
TEER 5: usually short-term work demonstration and no formal education.

Showing 155 TEER 2 occupations of 457. Show all

Occupations by job outlook in Ontario, TEER 2
Occupation	Outlook	Median wage	TEER	Licence
Denturists	Good (4 of 5)	$46,400 a year	2	Regulated
Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and acupuncturists	Good (4 of 5)	$37,561 a year	2	Regulated
Massage therapists	Good (4 of 5)	$37,561 a year	2	Regulated
Other practitioners of natural healing	Good (4 of 5)	$37,561 a year	2	Some roles
Air pilots, flight engineers and flying instructors	Good (4 of 5)	$63.00 an hour	2	—
Power engineers and power systems operators	Good (4 of 5)	$57.00 an hour	2	Regulated
Power system electricians	Good (4 of 5)	$50.85 an hour	2	—
Firefighters	Good (4 of 5)	$48.53 an hour	2	Regulated
Medical radiation technologists	Good (4 of 5)	$45.00 an hour	2	Regulated
Electrical power line and cable workers	Good (4 of 5)	$45.00 an hour	2	Regulated
Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists	Good (4 of 5)	$44.66 an hour	2	Regulated
Dental hygienists and dental therapists	Good (4 of 5)	$44.00 an hour	2	Regulated
Paramedical occupations	Good (4 of 5)	$42.17 an hour	2	Regulated
Medical laboratory technologists	Good (4 of 5)	$42.00 an hour	2	Regulated
Medical sonographers	Good (4 of 5)	$41.00 an hour	2	Regulated
Railway carmen/women	Good (4 of 5)	$40.13 an hour	2	Regulated
Aircraft instrument, electrical and avionics mechanics, technicians and inspectors	Good (4 of 5)	$38.91 an hour	2	—
Deck officers, water transport	Good (4 of 5)	$38.46 an hour	2	—
Water and waste treatment plant operators	Good (4 of 5)	$38.11 an hour	2	Regulated
Bricklayers	Good (4 of 5)	$38.00 an hour	2	Regulated
Aircraft mechanics and aircraft inspectors	Good (4 of 5)	$38.00 an hour	2	—
Heating, refrigeration and air conditioning mechanics	Good (4 of 5)	$37.00 an hour	2	Regulated
Supervisors, motor transport and other ground transit operators	Good (4 of 5)	$35.58 an hour	2	—
Records management technicians	Good (4 of 5)	$33.65 an hour	2	—
Licensed practical nurses	Good (4 of 5)	$31.00 an hour	2	Regulated
Accounting technicians and bookkeepers	Good (4 of 5)	$28.50 an hour	2	—
Court reporters, medical transcriptionists and related occupations	Good (4 of 5)	$28.00 an hour	2	—
Pharmacy technicians	Good (4 of 5)	$26.45 an hour	2	Regulated
Other technical occupations in therapy and assessment	Good (4 of 5)	$25.68 an hour	2	—
Cleaning supervisors	Good (4 of 5)	$25.44 an hour	2	—
Opticians	Good (4 of 5)	$24.04 an hour	2	Regulated
Executive housekeepers	Good (4 of 5)	$22.73 an hour	2	—
Early childhood educators and assistants	Good (4 of 5)	$22.00 an hour	2	Regulated
Water well drillers	Good (4 of 5)	—	2	Regulated
Contractors and supervisors, pipefitting trades	Moderate (3 of 5)	$53.43 an hour	2	—
Supervisors, mining and quarrying	Moderate (3 of 5)	$52.40 an hour	2	—
Police officers (except commissioned)	Moderate (3 of 5)	$50.55 an hour	2	—
Boilermakers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$48.21 an hour	2	Regulated
Steamfitters, pipefitters and sprinkler system installers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$45.96 an hour	2	Regulated
Contractors and supervisors, electrical trades and telecommunications occupations	Moderate (3 of 5)	$45.05 an hour	2	Regulated
Ironworkers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$44.34 an hour	2	Regulated
Elevator constructors and mechanics	Moderate (3 of 5)	$43.50 an hour	2	Regulated
Supervisors, railway transport operations	Moderate (3 of 5)	$40.73 an hour	2	—
Industrial electricians	Moderate (3 of 5)	$40.50 an hour	2	Regulated
Crane operators	Moderate (3 of 5)	$40.48 an hour	2	Regulated
Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews	Moderate (3 of 5)	$40.00 an hour	2	—
Construction inspectors	Moderate (3 of 5)	$39.00 an hour	2	Regulated
Construction estimators	Moderate (3 of 5)	$38.46 an hour	2	—
Contractors and supervisors, carpentry trades	Moderate (3 of 5)	$38.46 an hour	2	—
Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades	Moderate (3 of 5)	$38.46 an hour	2	—
Occupational health and safety specialists	Moderate (3 of 5)	$38.00 an hour	2	—
Technical sales specialists - wholesale trade	Moderate (3 of 5)	$38.00 an hour	2	—
Contractors and supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers and servicers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$37.50 an hour	2	—
Supervisors, other mechanical and metal products manufacturing	Moderate (3 of 5)	$37.00 an hour	2	—
Procurement and purchasing agents and officers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$36.41 an hour	2	—
Gas fitters	Moderate (3 of 5)	$36.06 an hour	2	Regulated
Supervisors, library, correspondence and related information workers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$36.00 an hour	2	—
Executive assistants	Moderate (3 of 5)	$35.93 an hour	2	—
Employment insurance and revenue officers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$35.90 an hour	2	—
Computer network and web technicians	Moderate (3 of 5)	$35.71 an hour	2	—
Construction millwrights and industrial mechanics	Moderate (3 of 5)	$35.59 an hour	2	Regulated
Supervisors, forest products processing	Moderate (3 of 5)	$35.55 an hour	2	—
Agricultural and fish products inspectors	Moderate (3 of 5)	$35.40 an hour	2	—
Insurance adjusters and claims examiners	Moderate (3 of 5)	$35.00 an hour	2	—
Technical occupations in geomatics and meteorology	Moderate (3 of 5)	$35.00 an hour	2	—
Insulators	Moderate (3 of 5)	$35.00 an hour	2	Regulated
Heavy-duty equipment mechanics	Moderate (3 of 5)	$35.00 an hour	2	Regulated
Supervisors, mineral and metal processing	Moderate (3 of 5)	$35.00 an hour	2	—
Supervisors, finance and insurance office workers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$34.87 an hour	2	—
Funeral directors and embalmers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$34.62 an hour	2	Regulated
Electrical and electronics engineering technologists and technicians	Moderate (3 of 5)	$34.09 an hour	2	—
Cardiology technologists and electrophysiological diagnostic technologists	Moderate (3 of 5)	$34.03 an hour	2	Regulated
Electricians (except industrial and power system)	Moderate (3 of 5)	$34.00 an hour	2	Regulated
Insurance underwriters	Moderate (3 of 5)	$33.65 an hour	2	—
Assessors, business valuators and appraisers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$33.65 an hour	2	—
Supervisors, electronics and electrical products manufacturing	Moderate (3 of 5)	$33.33 an hour	2	—
Paralegals and related occupations	Moderate (3 of 5)	$33.00 an hour	2	Regulated
Civil engineering technologists and technicians	Moderate (3 of 5)	$32.60 an hour	2	—
Plumbers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$32.50 an hour	2	Regulated
Supervisors, mail and message distribution occupations	Moderate (3 of 5)	$32.21 an hour	2	—
Carpenters	Moderate (3 of 5)	$32.00 an hour	2	Regulated
Motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle and other related mechanics	Moderate (3 of 5)	$31.55 an hour	2	Some roles
Supervisors, general office and administrative support workers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$31.00 an hour	2	—
Library and public archive technicians	Moderate (3 of 5)	$30.00 an hour	2	—
Supervisors, printing and related occupations	Moderate (3 of 5)	$30.00 an hour	2	—
Automotive service technicians, truck and bus mechanics and mechanical repairers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$30.00 an hour	2	Regulated
Other technical trades and related occupations	Moderate (3 of 5)	$30.00 an hour	2	Some roles
Supervisors, plastic and rubber products manufacturing	Moderate (3 of 5)	$30.00 an hour	2	—
Supervisors, furniture and fixtures manufacturing	Moderate (3 of 5)	$30.00 an hour	2	—
Retail and wholesale buyers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$29.81 an hour	2	—
Health information management occupations	Moderate (3 of 5)	$29.76 an hour	2	—
Dental technologists and technicians	Moderate (3 of 5)	$29.41 an hour	2	Regulated
Land survey technologists and technicians	Moderate (3 of 5)	$29.00 an hour	2	—
Auto body collision, refinishing and glass technicians and damage repair estimators	Moderate (3 of 5)	$29.00 an hour	2	Regulated
Supervisors, food and beverage processing	Moderate (3 of 5)	$29.00 an hour	2	—
Architectural technologists and technicians	Moderate (3 of 5)	$28.85 an hour	2	—
Supervisors, supply chain, tracking and scheduling coordination occupations	Moderate (3 of 5)	$27.88 an hour	2	—
Oil and solid fuel heating mechanics	Moderate (3 of 5)	$27.78 an hour	2	Regulated
Instructors of persons with disabilities	Moderate (3 of 5)	$27.50 an hour	2	—
Other medical technologists and technicians	Moderate (3 of 5)	$27.00 an hour	2	—
Social and community service workers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$26.50 an hour	2	Regulated
Electronic service technicians (household and business equipment)	Moderate (3 of 5)	$26.00 an hour	2	Some roles
Other small engine and small equipment repairers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$26.00 an hour	2	Some roles
Supervisors, textile, fabric, fur and leather products processing and manufacturing	Moderate (3 of 5)	$26.00 an hour	2	—
Accommodation, travel, tourism and related services supervisors	Moderate (3 of 5)	$25.00 an hour	2	—
Cabinetmakers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$25.00 an hour	2	Regulated
Agricultural service contractors and farm supervisors	Moderate (3 of 5)	$23.00 an hour	2	—
Jewellers, jewellery and watch repairers and related occupations	Moderate (3 of 5)	$22.91 an hour	2	—
Animal health technologists and veterinary technicians	Moderate (3 of 5)	$22.00 an hour	2	—
Retail sales supervisors	Moderate (3 of 5)	$21.50 an hour	2	—
Food service supervisors	Moderate (3 of 5)	$19.00 an hour	2	—
Supervisors, logging and forestry	Limited (2 of 5)	$42.31 an hour	2	—
Railway traffic controllers and marine traffic regulators	Limited (2 of 5)	$40.47 an hour	2	—
Contractors and supervisors, machining, metal forming, shaping and erecting trades and related occupations	Limited (2 of 5)	$40.00 an hour	2	—
Broadcast technicians	Limited (2 of 5)	$38.03 an hour	2	—
Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians	Limited (2 of 5)	$38.00 an hour	2	Regulated
Information systems testing technicians	Limited (2 of 5)	$37.98 an hour	2	—
Industrial designers	Limited (2 of 5)	$37.74 an hour	2	—
Electrical mechanics	Limited (2 of 5)	$37.50 an hour	2	Regulated
Telecommunications line and cable installers and repairers	Limited (2 of 5)	$36.00 an hour	2	Some roles
Conservation and fishery officers	Limited (2 of 5)	$35.90 an hour	2	—
Film and video camera operators	Limited (2 of 5)	$35.78 an hour	2	—
Engineering inspectors and regulatory officers	Limited (2 of 5)	$35.35 an hour	2	—
Sheet metal workers	Limited (2 of 5)	$35.00 an hour	2	Regulated
Supervisors, motor vehicle assembling	Limited (2 of 5)	$34.62 an hour	2	—
Tool and die makers	Limited (2 of 5)	$34.00 an hour	2	Regulated
Machine fitters	Limited (2 of 5)	$33.69 an hour	2	—
User support technicians	Limited (2 of 5)	$33.00 an hour	2	—
Telecommunications equipment installation and cable television service technicians	Limited (2 of 5)	$33.00 an hour	2	—
Announcers and other broadcasters	Limited (2 of 5)	$32.62 an hour	2	—
Drafting technologists and technicians	Limited (2 of 5)	$31.25 an hour	2	Regulated
Landscape and horticulture technicians and specialists	Limited (2 of 5)	$31.05 an hour	2	Regulated
Non-destructive testers and inspectors	Limited (2 of 5)	$31.00 an hour	2	—
Chemical technologists and technicians	Limited (2 of 5)	$30.00 an hour	2	—
Machinists and machining and tooling inspectors	Limited (2 of 5)	$30.00 an hour	2	Regulated
Contractors and supervisors, landscaping, grounds maintenance and horticulture services	Limited (2 of 5)	$30.00 an hour	2	—
Industrial engineering and manufacturing technologists and technicians	Limited (2 of 5)	$28.75 an hour	2	—
Statistical officers and related research support occupations	Limited (2 of 5)	$28.21 an hour	2	—
Customer and information services supervisors	Limited (2 of 5)	$28.21 an hour	2	—
Supervisors, other products manufacturing and assembly	Limited (2 of 5)	$28.00 an hour	2	—
Structural metal and platework fabricators and fitters	Limited (2 of 5)	$27.48 an hour	2	Regulated
Conference and event planners	Limited (2 of 5)	$27.47 an hour	2	—
Interior designers and interior decorators	Limited (2 of 5)	$27.40 an hour	2	Regulated
Appliance servicers and repairers	Limited (2 of 5)	$27.00 an hour	2	Regulated
Chefs	Limited (2 of 5)	$22.00 an hour	2	Regulated
Industrial instrument technicians and mechanics	Very limited (1 of 5)	$44.00 an hour	2	Regulated
Forestry technologists and technicians	Very limited (1 of 5)	$35.38 an hour	2	Regulated
Human resources and recruitment officers	Very limited (1 of 5)	$34.87 an hour	2	—
Graphic arts technicians	Very limited (1 of 5)	$34.63 an hour	2	—
Graphic designers and illustrators	Very limited (1 of 5)	$32.69 an hour	2	—
Audio and video recording technicians	Very limited (1 of 5)	$32.50 an hour	2	—
Other technical and coordinating occupations in motion pictures, broadcasting and the performing arts	Very limited (1 of 5)	$31.55 an hour	2	—
Biological technologists and technicians	Very limited (1 of 5)	$30.00 an hour	2	—
Geological and mineral technologists and technicians	Very limited (1 of 5)	$29.76 an hour	2	—
Welders and related machine operators	Very limited (1 of 5)	$28.00 an hour	2	Regulated

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